LibGuides: Finding Country Information: Country Overviews

Country Overviews

AtoZ the World
Provides information on a variety of cultural topics for the countries covered, offering broad factual information, deep insight and thoughtful analysis.

BBC News Country Profiles
Historical, political and economic background. Includes audio and video clips from the BBC.

Britannica Online Academic Edition
The Britannica Online Academic Edition includes entries on countries detailing their geography, people, economy, government, society, cultural life, and history. Compare countries to find statistics, articles, images, and media. Search the World Factbook by country or region.

CIA: The World Factbook
Political, geographic, economic, and sociological summaries organized by country.
Countries and their cultures
Explores the cultures of countries and peoples around the world.
Country Reports from the Economist
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) reports include recent news articles, country profiles, forecasts, fact sheets, and economic data.
Library of Congress Country Studies Collection
This online collection provides electronic versions of 80 books previously published from 1980-2019 as part of the Country Studies Series by the Library of Congress Federal Research Division. Intended for a general audience, books in this historical series present a comprehensive description of the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of select countries throughout the world. See the U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets for more recent summaries.
World Bank
Click on countries and retrieve background information and up to date reports on all countries.